THE SHRIEK OF A COCKATOO, 1971

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
29 August 2012
117

CLIFTON PUGH

(1924 - 1990)
THE SHRIEK OF A COCKATOO, 1971

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

91.5 x 122.0 cm

signed and dated lower left: Clifton / ‘71 / MAR.
inscribed verso: “THE SHRIEK OF / A COCKATOO” / CLIFTON PUGH

Estimate: 
$7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 26 - 29 August 2012, Melbourne
Provenance

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 1987 (label attached verso)

Exhibited

The Song of the Lamb: The Wesfarmers Collectionof Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 19 August – 2 October 1989

Literature

Gooding, J., Topliss, H., Sharkey, C.,and Horridge, N., The Song of the Lamb: The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1989, p. 108 (illus.)